निर्मले व्योम्नि मुक्ताली सङ्कल्पस्वप्नयोः पुरम् । अपृथ्व्यादि यथा भाति स्वयंभूर्भासते तथा ॥ ५२ ॥
nirmalē vyōmni muktālī saṅkalpasvapnayōḥ puram | apṛthvyādi yathā bhāti svayaṁbhūrbhāsatē tathā || 52 ||
Translation
As a string of pearls in the clear sky, as a city in imagining or in dream, appears without earth and the rest, so the self-born one shines.
Word by word
- nirmalē
- clear
- vyōmni
- in the sky
- muktā
- of pearls
- ālī
- a string
- saṅkalpa
- in imagining
- svapnayōḥ
- or in dream
- puram
- a city
- apṛthvī
- without earth
- ādi
- and the rest
- yathā
- as
- bhāti
- appears
- svayaṁbhūr
- (svayambhūḥ) the self-born one
- bhāsatē
- shines
- tathā
- so
Meaning
Two more images of form without matter. The string of pearls in a clear sky is the specks and threads of light one sees on looking into an empty sky: they are seen, and they are in the eye, not in the sky. The city of imagining and the city of dream have streets and houses and no earth. The commentary: so the self-born shines, free of earth and the rest.